I am a member of East Hill Flying Club in Ithaca, NY. The things that
brought me to the club were
A good fleet of planes (3 152s, 3 172s and a Mooney 201)
Planes are all well maintained
Lower rental rates than available elsewhere ($60/hr, $75/hr & $102/hr
wet, respectively)
The 172s and Mooney all have Garmin 430s
Monthly fees ($45) are lower than renter's insurance with better
coverage
We are a part 141 school which meant starting my Instrument Rating
sooner

The club draws many of its members and students from Cornell University.
It, also, has a training program in affiliation with the local community
college and does Air Force ROTC primary training. The club has 5-6
instructors ($30/hr) on staff at any one time (part-time and full-time).

I would not be thrilled with your 3-tiered rental rate structure. If the
focus of your club is one training, I would purchase a 152. Many of our
students use the 152 for training to reduce costs. Instrument training and
most member rentals are done in the 172s. Another key is marketing. We
have two pancake breakfasts every year and do many discovery flights during
them. One any given weekend there are several discovery flights taking
place.

Bob

"Andy" wrote in message
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What do you look for in a flying club? I am currently an officer in a
flying club and we are having trouble recruiting new members. What
would make you want to join a club?

I feel that our prices are the main deterrent. Students (this is a
school club) pay $60/hr for a C172 (dry), alumi pay $70, and all others
pay $80. This is for a 1998 in good condition. The instructors
usually give club members a reduced price (around $20/hr). The current
club members will also loan out all training materials to further
reduce the cost.

Our only current activites are tower tours and fly-with-me weekends.
We are in the planning stages for $100 hamburger runs with potential
members.

We are starting to look into purchasing a smaller plane (152/Warrior?)
to further reduce the costs. Has this approach worked well for other
clubs?

What other suggestions can you come up with?